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'''[[MRI in dementia|MRI of dementia]]''' is the preferable way. '''[[CT in dementia|CT of dementia]]''' offers a reasonable alternative, but has less specificity.<ref name=GraingerAllison>{{cite book|title=Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology|author=Andy Adam, Adrian K. Dixon, Jonathan H Gillard, Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Ronald G. Grainger, David J. Allison|edition=6, revised|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|year=2014|isbn=9780702061288}}</ref>
 
'''[[MRI in dementia|MRI of dementia]]''' is the preferable way. '''[[CT in dementia|CT of dementia]]''' offers a reasonable alternative, but has less specificity.<ref name=GraingerAllison>{{cite book|title=Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology|author=Andy Adam, Adrian K. Dixon, Jonathan H Gillard, Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Ronald G. Grainger, David J. Allison|edition=6, revised|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|year=2014|isbn=9780702061288}}</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 6 November 2018

Author: Mikael Häggström [notes 1]

Choice of modality

MRI of dementia is the preferable way. CT of dementia offers a reasonable alternative, but has less specificity.[1]

Notes

  1. For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Radlines:Authorship for details.

References

  1. Andy Adam, Adrian K. Dixon, Jonathan H Gillard, Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Ronald G. Grainger, David J. Allison (2014). Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology (6, revised ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 9780702061288.